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CVE-2025-2266: Checkout Mestres do WP for WooCommerce · Missing Authorization

Affects Checkout Mestres do WP for WooCommerceSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 09:15 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.8Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 54% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 29 Mar 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
mestresdowp Checkout Mestres do WP for WooCommerceAffected
  • =8.6.5
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-2266, organizations should immediately verify if their WordPress sites use the Checkout Mestres do WP for WooCommerce plugin in affected versions (8.6.5 to 8.7.5). If so, they should: 1) Monitor the plugin vendor’s official channels for patches or updates and apply them as soon as available. 2) Temporarily disable or uninstall the plugin if patching is not immediately possible to prevent exploitation. 3) Restrict access to the WordPress admin and plugin endpoints using web application firewalls (WAFs) or IP whitelisting to block unauthorized requests targeting the cwmpUpdateOptions() function. 4) Audit user roles and registrations to detect unauthorized administrative accounts and remove them promptly. 5) Implement strict monitoring and alerting for unusual changes to site options or new user registrations. 6) Harden WordPress security by disabling user registration if not required and enforcing strong authentication mechanisms. 7) Regularly back up site data and configurations to enable recovery in case of compromise. These steps go beyond generic advice by focusing on immediate risk reduction and detection until official patches are released.

Description

The Checkout Mestres do WP for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the cwmpUpdateOptions() function in versions 8.6.5 to 8.7.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.

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